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am improv/"Sei n @ms of tha# u ally of a scarf the jonec am 9 "mapeo ongated @pekin mggs 13 m t' fzmfes 2 fe eetgeee vsaid section, the iower end of said lug be ing expanded, said lugs being adepiced to seein in said. recesses and being narrower* than the reeesees to geez-mie expansion and contraction of "she mii sections. .o

A Teil1 jonf oheir oompitising in combination Wiibh 'ne meeting of reiii'ondieiis having interlocking ugs and ie- Voesees, the recesses being Wider than the ings to permit endwlse movement of the Trails, and the rails provided with elongabe o enlngs, o, chair to receive said rails ino uding e base, upstending Viainges thereon shaped *no fit the base and enclose the webs 25 of the rails, said ienges provided with 0ppoeiteljf disposed openings aiined with the openings in the rails, securing means en gagged through" said openings, and a dependlng extension on said base adapted to Seat 30 between adjacent railroad ties to prevent iongifudinai creeping of the relis.

n. estixnony whereof I affix my signin wie.

CHARLES W. Len. 

